The loveliest materpiece of the heart of God is the love of a Mother.
THERESE OF LISIEUXIf I did not simply live from one moment to another, it would be impossible for me to be patient, but I only look at the present, I forget the past, and I take good care not to forestall the future.
More Therese of Lisieux Quotes
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Sufferings gladly borne for others convert more people than sermons.
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If every tiny flower wanted to be a rose, spring would lose its loveliness.
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My whole strength lies in prayer and sacrifice, these are my invincible arms; they can move hearts far better than words, I know it by experience.
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Nothing’s done well when it’s done out of self-interest.
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I felt it better to speak to God than about Him.
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(Her last words) Oh! I love Him! My God, I love You!
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Jesus needs neither books nor Doctors of Divinity in order to instruct souls; He, the Doctor of Doctors, He teaches without noise of words.
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The value of life does not depend upon the place we occupy. It depends upon the way we occupy that place.
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As the sun shines both on the cedar and the smallest flower, so the Divine sun illumines each soul.
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Silence does good to the soul.
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Look at His adorable face. Look at His glazed and sunken eyes. Look at His wounds. Look Jesus in the Face. There, you will see how He loves us.
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When one loves, one does not calculate.
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I am very far from practicing what I understand.
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The guest of our soul knows our misery; He comes to find an empty tent within us – that is all He asks.
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True charity consists in putting up with all one’s neighbors fault’s; never being surprised by his weakness, and being inspired by the least of his virtues.
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